Some pictures of north-west Amazonia and its wildlife

This capybara is a pet at Santa Terezinha villge, up the Iauari River (distrito Taraqwa, north-wwest Amazonia, Brazil). It is called ke:tu (rising tone on first syllable) in Baniwa (the main language in the village) and hemasiere in Wamiarikune Tariana. The Kumandene Tariana - the majority population in Santa Terezinha call it ke:tu.